But fossil boffins at the La Plata Museum in Argentina say an ancient bird dubbed the "colossus penguin” would have had the edge over crazy-legs Crouchie when it comes to reaching for the skies.

The scientists say bones unearthed in the Antarctic – the most complete fossil ever found in the region – prove the giant bird from 37 million years ago could have topped 7ft, firmly putting Abbey Clancy's robot-dancing squeeze in the shade.

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The fossil find includes the longest recorded fused ankle-foot bone as well as parts of a wing bone.

Brainboxes say the mega make-up of the big-boned bird would have allowed the winged wonder to stay underwater for a lung-busting 40 minutes.

And from those bones, researchers estimate the extinct species would have stood at 7ft or more from toe to beak tip, and weighed as much as 19 stone.